Edson Whipple

Brief Life History of Edson

When Edson Whipple was born on 5 February 1805, in Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, John Whipple, was 39 and his mother, Basmoth Hutchins, was 35. He married Lydia FLINT in 1825, in Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States. He lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1847, at the age of 42, his occupation is listed as water warden in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 11 May 1894, in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 89, and was buried in Colonia Juárez Cemetery, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Family Time Line

Edson Whipple
1805–1894
Harriet Yeager
1826–1901
Marriage: 4 November 1850
Ann Walrade Whipple
1851–1927
Edson Kimball Whipple
1852–1855
Lavinia Goss Whipple
1854–1855
Edson Whipple
1855–1933
Willard Whipple
1858–1941
Harriet Julia Whipple
1860–1869
Brigham Young Whipple
1861–1950
Charles Whipple
1863–1919
Lavinia Whipple
1865–1869
Amelia Minerva Whipple
1865–1919
Vilate Whipple
1868–1891
Harry Whipple
1869–1890
Hyrum Hanford Whipple
1871–1949
David E Whipple
1873–1881

Sources (93)

  • Edson Whipple, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Edson Whipple, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830

Rebellion drives Guerrero from presidency. Immigration to Texas from United States prohibited but not enforced.

Name Meaning

English: perhaps a nickname from an unrecorded diminutive of Middle English w(h)ippe ‘scourge, whip’, possibly contained in Middle English whippel-tre, a type of dogwood or cornus. For possible applications as a nickname see Whipp . Alternatively, perhaps from an unrecorded diminutive of the Middle English personal name Wippe (see Whipp ).

History: Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, c. 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A John Whipple was one of the first settlers in Providence, RI.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Story of Edson Whipple Edson Whipple was a descendent of John Whipple, who came to New England about 1620 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island. John was the son of Matthew of Booking, Eng …

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